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{{Infobox Writing system | {{Infobox Writing system | ||
|name=Lepcha | | name = Lepcha | ||
|native_name={{Script|Lepc| | | native_name = {{Script|Lepc|ᰛᰩᰵ}} | ||
|sample= | | sample = Shukla Lepcha.svg | ||
|type=[[Abugida]] | | type = [[Abugida]] | ||
|fam1=[[Proto-Sinaitic alphabet]] | | fam1 = [[Proto-Sinaitic alphabet]] | ||
|fam2=[[Phoenician alphabet]] | | fam2 = [[Phoenician alphabet]] | ||
|fam3=[[Aramaic alphabet]] <sup>[a]</sup> | | fam3 = [[Aramaic alphabet]] <sup>[a]</sup> | ||
| footnotes = [a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon. | |||
|fam4=[[Brāhmī script|Brāhmī]] | | fam4 = [[Brāhmī script|Brāhmī]] | ||
|fam5=[[Gupta script|Gupta]] | | fam5 = [[Gupta script|Gupta]] | ||
|fam6=[[Tibetan script|Tibetan]] | | fam6 = [[Tibetan script|Tibetan]] | ||
|sisters=[[Meitei script|Meitei]], [[ | | sisters = [[Meitei script|Meitei]], [['Phags-pa script|Phagspa]], [[Marchen script|Marchen]] | ||
|children=[[Limbu script|Limbu]] | | children = [[Limbu script|Limbu]] | ||
|languages=[[Lepcha language|Lepcha]] | | languages = [[Lepcha language|Lepcha]] | ||
|time=c. 1700–present | | time = c. 1700–present | ||
|unicode=[https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1C00.pdf U+1C00–U+1C4F] | | unicode = [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1C00.pdf U+1C00–U+1C4F] | ||
|iso15924=Lepc | | iso15924 = Lepc | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Contains special characters|Uncommon Unicode}} | {{Contains special characters|Uncommon Unicode}} | ||
{{brahmic}} | {{brahmic}} | ||
The '''Lepcha script''', or '''Róng script''', is an [[abugida]] | The '''Lepcha script''', or '''Róng script''', is an [[abugida]] used by the [[Lepcha people]] to write the [[Lepcha language]]. Unusually for an abugida, syllable-final consonants are written as diacritics. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[Image:Róng manuscript.JPG|thumb|center|300px|Róng manuscript]] | [[Image:Róng manuscript.JPG|thumb|center|300px|Róng manuscript]] | ||
Lepcha is derived from the [[Tibetan script]], and may have some [[Burmese script|Burmese]] influence. According to tradition, it was devised at the beginning of the 18th century by prince [[Chakdor Namgyal]] of the [[Chogyal|Namgyal dynasty]] of [[Sikkim]], or by scholar [[Thikúng Men Salóng]] in the 17th century. Early Lepcha manuscripts were written vertically | Lepcha is derived from the [[Tibetan script]], and may have some [[Burmese script|Burmese]] influence. According to tradition, it was devised at the beginning of the 18th century by prince [[Chakdor Namgyal]] of the [[Chogyal|Namgyal dynasty]] of [[Sikkim]], or by scholar [[Thikúng Men Salóng]] in the 17th century. Early Lepcha manuscripts were written vertically. When they were later written horizontally, the letters remained in their new orientations, rotated 90° from their Tibetan prototypes. This resulted in an unusual method of writing final consonants. | ||
==Typology== | ==Typology== | ||
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|+ Vowel signs | |+ Vowel signs | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Transcription | |||
| â || á || i || í || o || ó || u || ú || e/ä{{efn|The transcription 'e' is used in this article.}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Dependent diacritical mark | |||
| {{huge|{{Script|Lepc| ᰶ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc| ᰦ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰧ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰧ ᰶ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰨ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰩ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰪ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰫ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰬ}}}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Letter (not dependent) | |||
| {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰣᰶ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰣᰦ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰣᰧ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰣᰧᰶ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰣᰨ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰣᰩ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰣᰪ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰣᰫ}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰣᰬ}}}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Example using {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰜ}}}}(la) | |||
| {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰜᰶ}}}}(lâ) || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰜᰦ}}}}(lá) || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰜᰧ}}}}(li) || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰜᰧᰶ}}}}(lí) || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰜᰨ}}}}(lo) || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰜᰩ}}}}(ló) || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰜᰪ}}}}(lu) || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰜᰫ}}}}(lú) || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|ᰜᰬ}}}}(le) | |||
|} | |} | ||
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|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
! Lepcha numerals | ! Lepcha numerals | ||
|| ᱀ || ᱁ || ᱂ || ᱃ || ᱄ || ᱅ || ᱆ || ᱇ || ᱈ || ᱉ | || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc|᱀}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc| ᱁}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc| ᱂}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc| ᱃}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc| ᱄}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc| ᱅}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc| ᱆}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc| ᱇}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc| ᱈}}}} || {{huge|{{Script|Lepc| ᱉}}}} | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
! Hindu-Arabic numerals | ! Hindu-Arabic numerals | ||